Collapsible-tube holder



June 17, 1924.

J. c. w. A. HILDEBRANDT COLLAPSIBLE TUBE HOLDER Filed July 28. 1923 4 qQ a v a J A TTORNE Y8 Patented June 17, 1924. i I I l I UNITED 'TATESPATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. W. ADOLPH HILDEBRANDT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COLLAPSIBLE-TUBE HOLDER.

Application filed July 28, 1923. Serial No. 654,316.

To all whom it may concern. the hole into which the screw 2 is inserted.

Be it known that I, JOHN C. WV. AooLrH The shield 3 could of course beomitted HILDEBRANDT, a citizen of the United States, without detractingfrom the usefulness of 50 residing in the city, county, and State of theholder. The arm 1 is slotted at 4 to 5 New York, have invented new anduseful receive the flattened end 5 of the paste Improvements inCollapsible-Tube Holders, tube 6.

of which the following is a specification. In the modificationillustrated in Fig. 2,

This invention relates to a tooth paste tube the arm 1, shield 3, andslit4 are substan- 55 holder and tooth paste dispenser. tiallyduplicates of the corresponding parts It is an object of the inventionto provide of-the modification illustrated in Fig. 1 with a stationaryholder for the collapsible tubes. the exception that the shield 3 isprovided in which tooth paste, shaving cream and the with a number ofperforations around its like are purchased, which can also be used outeredge through which screws 7 may pro- 60 to extrude or force the pasteout of the ject into the wallsof the room. mouth of the tube as desired.The operation of the device for extruding Prior devices for this purposehave been the paste is illustrated in Fig. 3, it being provided withrelatively movable parts by merely necessary to remove the cap 14: fromwhich the ends of the tubes were folded over the tube and wind or wrapthe tube about 55 to force the paste from the mouth of the the arm 1 tosqueeze the walls of the tube tube. The construction of a pastedispenser together and force the paste out where it with such relativelymovable parts of suffimay be taken up on the tooth brush, shav-. cientdurability to withstand the use to inn brusluor the like. which it isput involves considerable ex- Various modifications may be made with 7pense. 1n the scope of the appendedclaims with- It is an object of thisinvention to reduce out departing from the spirit and scope of the costof paste dispensers of this type bv the invention, it being my intentionto claim providing a dispenser with fixed parts which the same asbroadly as the state of the prior will be more economical tomanufacture, art will permit. will have all the utility of. the priordevices WVhat I claim is:' and will be less likely to become brokenor 1. n a collapsible tube holder; a unitary get out of order. structureof circular cross section and com- In the drawings, which illustratepreprlslng in itself a projecting member longiferred embodiments of theinvention, tudinally slotted to receive the tube body 80 Fi 1 i aperspective i f th h ld and a combined shield and supporting mem with atube of paste mounted therein. her adapted to engage a support and tocon- Fig' 2 i a l i f a dified form ceal defacement caused by saidengagement. of the invention. 2. In a collapsible paste tube holder, a

F is an end view of the holder and unitary structure of circular crosssection 35 tube illustrating how the paste is forced provided with aprojecting portion having 40 from the tube. a longitudinal tube engagingslot, a support In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1. ing Portion 2 ad m g th h ld comprises an arm 1 id d means, and a shield portionintermediate the with a screw threaded extension 2 for inseraioresaldPortlons hi W311 90 tion into the walls of the bath room to holdfacementwused y 331d supportlng Pe the holder. A shield 3 is providedbetween I11 y f 3 affixed y the arm 1 and the screw threaded portion ilto thls speclficatlonto make a neater appearance and conceal' JOHNADOLPH Hll-DEBRANDT-

